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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Thu May 10, 2012, 03:58 PM May 2012

I have been in a couple of fights in my life---and all were with bullies. [View all]

I am blessed with good size--- 6:2---230 pounds...and a Dad who took me boxing when I was a wheee lad.

IE: I can take care of myself.

One thing I could never tolerate in school and when I was in the Army were bullies.

As a young man I met an befriended other young men who had a bit of a difficult time defending themselves.

Small in size--- not very strong--- a target on their back for bullies. That is one thing bullies will always do--- go after those who have a difficult time defending themselves.

I remember an incident when I was in the Army where I defended this poor guy from a douchebag bully.

The weaker kid---Skillman was his name--- was being bullied by a guy named Guillian. Both were in my unit and it had been going on for quite a while. I remember sitting in our barracks hallway cleaning our rifles one day when Guillian started in on Skillman. Slapping him on the head---calling him Faggot, just mean shit. Skillman just took it but was clearly upset.

I kindly asked Guillian to stop--- he did not... I asked him again---he did not.... I asked him one more time...

I then got up and kicked his ass all the way down the hallway until my other buddies ripped me off of him. He never fucked with Skillman again.

I bring this up because if I was in that fucking douchebag school that Romney was in---and I witnessed Romney doing what he did to that poor poor kid.... Romney might not look so pretty today.

I despise Bullies--- I despise assholes who take advantage of people or animals who can't defend themselves. Men who hit women---don't get me started!

I have raised my 3 kids to defend kids and others in need---and told them that if ever found out they bullied someone else---there would be hell to pay. So far so good.

And to my dying day--- It would be wise not not have me around if you're bulling someone.






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(somehow I knew this) annabanana May 2012 #1
You and I are on the same side of the page, Kudos. teddy51 May 2012 #2
Good for you...this makes up for you being a Heat fan...knr joeybee12 May 2012 #3
I was bullied off an on until junior high school. Rex May 2012 #4
Punch a bully in the nose... trumad May 2012 #5
True, until I actually built up the confidence Rex May 2012 #7
One of my favorite videos of all time. trumad May 2012 #9
WOW. Rex May 2012 #11
I had forgotten about this video, and yes it is very powerful indeed. Sure hope Kasey teddy51 May 2012 #12
My superpower TlalocW May 2012 #17
I printed that one up the day it was released... SomethingFishy May 2012 #21
Rewatching this TlalocW May 2012 #18
Loki trying to bully Hulk..... trumad May 2012 #23
Just hope the next bully doesn't turn out to be deaniac21 May 2012 #6
Well---I'll go down swinging. trumad May 2012 #8
I was a scrawny, undersized little girl Warpy May 2012 #10
I was really tiny too. Rozlee May 2012 #26
I found out some boys were bullying my little sister Smilo May 2012 #13
I, too, stood up to them. I encourage others to do so as well and I am disgusted by those Edweird May 2012 #14
That's one of the biggest problems with regards to bullying Downtown Hound May 2012 #20
In our HS... YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #28
We even have teachers here on this board providing cover for the bullies. Edweird May 2012 #31
Same here. I despise bullies and always have........ socialist_n_TN May 2012 #15
My parents raised me to ignore the bully, and most times they'll stop... TlalocW May 2012 #16
Google FAMU Marching band. trumad May 2012 #22
I've been wanting to trot this out Robb May 2012 #19
In a broader sense, conservatives are the bullies bloomington-lib May 2012 #24
trumad Diclotican May 2012 #25
Good story! Even as a small lightweight girl, I took on bullies... polichick May 2012 #27
I am not a large man, but I've had several fights with bullies as well. Marr May 2012 #29
I Have dealt with Bullies my whole life fascisthunter May 2012 #30
Thank you, trumad, for revealing this side of your character. radicalliberal May 2012 #32
You do have me wrong---regarding football. trumad May 2012 #34
But we are in agreement. :-) radicalliberal May 2012 #36
I knew there was something about you madokie May 2012 #33
All bullies grow up to be Republicans. alarimer May 2012 #35
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